Photos Of The Day

Wasteland

The devastation of Oakridge Mobile Home Park is seen after a wildfire swept through in Sylmar, Calif., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008.

Credit: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

He Can Barely Look

A man reacts while watching a display screen on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. The BSE's benchmark Sensex tumbled Monday.

Credit: AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade

Thrown For A Loss

Mongolian grand champion Hakuho, back, throws down Tochinoshin to win their bout on the ninth day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. Hakuho improved to 8-1 to keep his share of the lead in the 15-day tourney.

Credit: AP Photo/Kyodo News

A Drop To Drink

A girl carries water she collected in a camp for displaced people, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, in Kibati, just north of Goma in eastern Congo. Congo's army clashed with rebels in some of the worst fighting in a week despite the rebel leader's promise to support a cease-fire, the United Nations said Monday.

Credit: AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo

On The Border

Israeli soldiers and their tank are seen near the Israel-Gaza Border Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. An Israeli air strike killed four Palestinians launching mortars at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian officials said, just hours after another group of militants struck Israel in a separate rocket attack.

Credit: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

Really Big Show

Fireworks explode over a river as the world's largest outdoor musical "Impression: Sister Liu Sanjie" is performed against the natural backdrop in Guilin, in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008.

Credit: AP Photo/Xinhua, Hou Shaohua

Casting A Big Shadow

An Iraqi girl looks on as the shadow of a U.S. Army soldier of Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, is seen on a wall which reads in Arabic "for sale" during a routine U.S. army patrol in the Al Islah Al Serai neighborhood, in Mosul, 224 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008.

Credit: AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris

No Lines, No Waiting

A store attendant walks through a quiet Beijing shopping mall Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. China hopes to use a multibillion-dollar stimulus plan to encourage people to spend, part of an effort to reduce the country's reliance on exports and insulate it from the global economic crisis.